Computers: Carry Along, Punch In, Read Out

Last summer, when Adam Osborne, former computer columnist turned
entrepreneur, put his Osborne 1 computer on the market, small had never
seemed so beautiful. Despite its graceless designa cross between a
World War II field radio and a shrunken instrument panel of a DC-3the
24-lb. machine combined most of the features of a fully loaded Apple or
Radio Shack computer. Better yet, it was completely portable. Sales
immediately took off, and some 30,000 units have been sold to date.
Osborne carry-along machines are...